Ecosystem Basemaps
Monitoring ecosystems is crucial, but processing satellite data (optical and lidar) and geospatial datasets (e.g., OpenStreetMaps) is often complex and time-consuming.
To simplify this, Sensing Clues has developed automated routines that generate Ecosystem Basemaps in just hours for any protected area. As part of the Nature FIRST project, we have created 25 Ecosystem Basemap layers (and counting). These Basemaps include static layers (like slopes and roads) and dynamic layers (such as leaf area index and vegetation structure). They provide valuable input for site managers, researchers and policy makers in habitat monitoring, change detection, and various risk models (e.g., poaching and charcoal).
These layers are also available through the Sensing Clues GeoServer, allowing seamless integration with third-party GIS systems like QGIS or ArcInfo.
Dynamic information layers
Dynamic layers include information that needs frequent updates due to factors like weather changes, seasonal variations, fires, and landslides:
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Normalised Difference Moisture Index (NDMI)
Optimised Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (OSAVI)
Vegetation height
Horizontal vegetation structure (canopy cover)
Vertical vegetation structure (density)
Area Leaf Index
12 bands of Sentinel-2 imagery
Static information layers
Static layers change infrequently and are updated annually. The following layers are included, with italicised ones in progress:
Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
Slope
Aspect
OSM Roads
OSM Rivers
OSM Built areas
Ecosystem Basemaps are solutions that are part of our Project Subscription Plan.
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